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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
2
A church conflict centers on salary payment to a pastor. A speaker promises to cover the full monthly salary, arrange church receipts to his control, and even mortgage the parsonage if needed. A child earns five dollars by teaching a trustee a lesson.
Prudence Starr and sisters cope with unpaid salary as Connie secretly borrows from a bank to buy a warm coat. The plan unfolds after Connie reveals her motive and Prudence seeks a solution while a burglar scare prompts family tonight.
The user asks about reacting to a burglar in a bedroom, exploring options like pretending to sleep shouting or complying. It invites discussion of safety strategies and calm decision making when confronted by a break-in.
A fragment notes a family gathering around the Christmas table as a sister steps in to inspect her hair, interrupting the holiday moment. The text is incomplete but centers on domestic scenes and family interaction during the holiday.
An article by Elizabeth Van Benthuysen advises planning bulb beds this winter. It covers measuring lawn space, drawing designs, and using hyacinths tulips and daffodils with lilies. It suggests involving children and notes creativity and learning value. It also describes potato cutting propagation with crochet needles, soaking, and winter storage for rooting in spring.
Several cultivators vouch for setting rose cuttings in potatoes to root in winter. Cuttings from late blooming wood are placed so potatoes supply both food and moisture during rooting.
The essay highlights the Tchigantus class in East flower shows where wealthy patrons compete for blue ribbon success. It notes the high time, care, and outlay required, making it unsuitable for small gardens, while emphasizing the status and distinction enjoyed by well-funded exhibitors.
Instructions describe purifying pond water and killing insects by mixing fresh sharp stone lime with water to create a whitewash like liquid and adding it until well incorporated. If needed, add a little more lime while maintaining thorough integration.
The New Hats Spring show features low to medium brim variations and soft unlined crowns. Curved forms replace sharp angles and bands imitate fur with ostrich feather accents.
An advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It urges mothers to check a child’s tongue for illness and to use a 50 cent bottle with full directions, warning against counterfeit syrups. It claims anInside cleansing resolves constipation and related ailments within hours.
A Los Angeles man hospitalized received a fully furnished cottage as a Christmas gift. Four hundred friends from a fraternal insurance order built the home in one day, finishing by a motorcar lamp. The man is the sole supporter of his eighty three year old mother.
Kerrville Texas resident S P Benton declares kidney and rheumatic troubles beset him before 1906. After using Dodds Kidney Pills he reports being 64 years young, straight as an arrow, and urges others to obtain a box or request a free trial via the coupon offer.
A quoted maxim urges tending the heart like a garden. It notes hearts require planting with flowers or weeds will overrun unoccupied space. The comparison appears in a Girl's Companion style reflection.
A Cincinnati man promotes Freezone as a small bottle remedy that dries and shrivels corns and calluses instantly. Drops applied directly relieve soreness and allow the corn to be lifted away with fingers. The ad notes easy availability through druggists or wholesale houses and includes a mention of Quinine cough remedies.
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